Unexpected behavior of simpleGit.log when trying to get commits before a tag about git-js HOT 3 CLOSED

Thank you for the suggestion. This works great!

The library is designed to use the from and to fields along with symmetric

(optional) Consider adding a warning when not all attributes are provided (or using TypeScript typing to enforce correct usage)

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As of version 3.21.0 (on npm now) you can get the initial commit hash with await git.firstCommit() which will further simplify your code.

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Hi, thanks for opening the detailed issue.

The from and to fields aren't intended to work as you had expected, which is why the confusion here. The library is designed to use the from and to fields along with symmetric to create the either double or triple dot separated version range.

To explicitly set the bounds of the log, use rev-list to first find the commit hash of the initial commit, then use default values in the call to git.log

const git = simpleGit({ trimmed: true });
const initialCommit = await git.raw('rev-list', '--max-parents=0', 'HEAD');

await git.log({
  from: from ?? initialCommit,
  to: to ?? 'HEAD',
  symmetric: false,
});

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